RE: Maserati Levante: Driven
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sidesauce said:
jhonn said:
TurboHatchback said:
.. the name has lost its magic.
But not to the shareholders it hasn't, or indeed the people who continue to enthusiastically buy them. 
(From the Company's perspective, does anyone else matter?)
That second pic of it wading through those muddy puddles....AS IF. I think the majority of people who will buy this SUV would be positively aghast at the thought of getting it so dirty.
As for the car itself I like it. The power outputs for the diesel look a bit weedy for a Maserati, it should have had 350bhp to match the petrol engine. However it also looks more luxurious than a lot of it's rivals and the price tag isn't as stupendously expensive as I expected which is strange to say about something which costs £50k plus but in the rarefied stratosphere of luxury SUV's, this could be called a downright bargain.
Let's hope they also depreciate with the usual Maserati aplomb so I can pick one up in a few years time for £20k
As for the car itself I like it. The power outputs for the diesel look a bit weedy for a Maserati, it should have had 350bhp to match the petrol engine. However it also looks more luxurious than a lot of it's rivals and the price tag isn't as stupendously expensive as I expected which is strange to say about something which costs £50k plus but in the rarefied stratosphere of luxury SUV's, this could be called a downright bargain.
Let's hope they also depreciate with the usual Maserati aplomb so I can pick one up in a few years time for £20k
te.One of the primary characteristics of a sports car is being good at going round corners. I had a Range Rover Classic which wasn't very good at it & actually made passengers nauseous. I had a Biturbo which was fun, but the chassis certainly wasn't very sporty. I now have a Cayenne which is physics-defying astonishing. How does the Levante fare?
My SUV-issues aside, cutting to the chase, if I fancy something a bit different from the norm in this sector I'm looking at a Maserati Levante or Jaguar F-Pace it seems....
Both seem to have enough uniqueness to make them appealing for their desired jobs.. Maybe slightly more road bias for the Maserati and alightly more off-road ability for the Jag..
Not sure about the Porsche Macan as I know nowt about it.. So maybe it's a 3 horse race to be a little different..
Both seem to have enough uniqueness to make them appealing for their desired jobs.. Maybe slightly more road bias for the Maserati and alightly more off-road ability for the Jag..
Not sure about the Porsche Macan as I know nowt about it.. So maybe it's a 3 horse race to be a little different..
This segment of the market is very full and is a buyer with £ 50K going to buy or lease one of these above the existing competition....this I doubt. All of these manufacturers are chasing the end of the rainbow with SUV's but the 'lifestyle consumer' has been hoodwinked into buying these. Madness.
Lovely looking SUV and another positive step from Maserati, a premium brand that has been bold enough to give us the new Ghibli and now the Levante, if they also release the Alferai next year they will hopefully start to see a huge increase in sales and ROI
What most of you fail to understand with your negative comments is that Maserati, like most companies, is in business to make money not pander to your romantic vision of what a sports car or SUV should look like or how they used to be in the " good ole days " .
What most of you fail to understand with your negative comments is that Maserati, like most companies, is in business to make money not pander to your romantic vision of what a sports car or SUV should look like or how they used to be in the " good ole days " .
)Why, why is there no V8 in this...?!
Why do Maserati keep disappointing me with their run of the mill engines.
I say this purely out of a selfish need for myself, as I understand the crux of the sales and customers are in the £50k band looking for diesels. And to be fair, the diesels do sound pretty decent...
Why do Maserati keep disappointing me with their run of the mill engines.
I say this purely out of a selfish need for myself, as I understand the crux of the sales and customers are in the £50k band looking for diesels. And to be fair, the diesels do sound pretty decent...
I totally agree. Take the badges off and what are you left with? Guess work.
To me Maserati was once THE best key to put down on the pub table. Now, it's a mass-produced brand trading on its heritage.
To me Maserati was once THE best key to put down on the pub table. Now, it's a mass-produced brand trading on its heritage.
delays said:
I really want to like this new family of Maseratis (QP, Ghibli, Levante).
They just seem so contrived. You can imagine the Fiat/Chrysler board meetings - "we need a luxury brand in these segments, Maserati will do, here's some soulless modular architecture components, job done".
Design and execution seem rushed and done to a price, in my opinion.
They just seem so contrived. You can imagine the Fiat/Chrysler board meetings - "we need a luxury brand in these segments, Maserati will do, here's some soulless modular architecture components, job done".
Design and execution seem rushed and done to a price, in my opinion.
Just seen one in the flesh for the first time.
Horrid. Simply horrid.
Proportions completely out of balance, front and back designed by different teams (the back-end most likely in Japan or Korea, judging by the familiar curves), wheels look tiny.
No street presence at all.
So many beter choices out there. Based on looks and absence of any style, it's not worth the Maserati name. But I'm sure it's selling like hot cakes.
Horrid. Simply horrid.
Proportions completely out of balance, front and back designed by different teams (the back-end most likely in Japan or Korea, judging by the familiar curves), wheels look tiny.
No street presence at all.
So many beter choices out there. Based on looks and absence of any style, it's not worth the Maserati name. But I'm sure it's selling like hot cakes.
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